Short title, extent and application.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Building (Control on Erection, Re-erection and conversion) Act, 1948. (2) It extends to the areas specified in the Schedule. (3) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that it shall also extend to any other area specified in such notification. (4) In the areas to which this Act extends for the time being, the provisions thereof shall, after the date of the commencement of the Bombay Building (control on Erection) (Amendment) Act, 1950, apply only to building which are intended to be used for the purpose of a theatre, a cinema or any other place of public amusement : Provided that in the City of Bombay, the Bombay Suburban District and the Thana Taluka of the Thana District, the said provisions shall after the aforesaid date also to buildings intended to be used for and industrial undertaking. Provided further that the State government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct that the provisions of this Act shall apply to such areas, such of the aforesaid classed of buildings and from such date as may be specified in the notification.